rc.4 is out on GitHub Releases and heading to the Play Store testing channel. This one closes out several more crashes that surfaced on rc.3.
What changed in rc.4
Three crash fixes, plus a couple of small cleanups:
- No more crash on the now-playing track when the year field is missing.
- The widget opens the app reliably again (switched to
actionStartActivity). - Broadcast actions that throw no longer take the app down with them.
- Dependency updates and a fix for the App License screen.
No feature changes, no behavior changes. The full list is in the rc.4 changelog.
If you're on rc.3, please update. Crash reports from the Play flavor and issues filed on GitHub were what drove this round, so thanks to everyone who sent them in.
What's next
The plan from here is to keep monitoring rc.4 and gathering feedback for a few more days. Once things look quiet across both the GitHub and Play builds, v1.6.0 moves into a staged rollout on the Play Store starting in May. That means a small percentage of production users first, watching crash metrics, and ramping up from there rather than flipping the full release at once.
If a new crash shows up during the staged rollout, the rollout pauses and another rc ships before continuing.
How to help
- Crashes and odd behavior go on GitHub issues.
- Discord is open for questions and quicker back-and-forth.
- If you're on the Play Store beta, just keeping the app installed and using it helps — Crashlytics reports from the Play flavor are what's driving these fixes.
Almost there. Thanks again for testing.